Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirteen people are hospitalized at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital because of Ebola. According to officials, the 13 were picked up from Madudu sub county in Mubende district, and Rujuburi refugee camp in Kyegegwa district on Wednesday evening. Rosemary Byabashaija, the Mubende Resident District Commissioner-RDC says …
Read More »Gov’t calls for vigilance as Ebola sets on Mubende district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Health (General Duties), Anifa Kawooya, has asked countrymen and women to remain vigilant in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in Mubende district. Kawooya was on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 presenting a statement before Parliament on the outbreak of Ebola …
Read More »One person dead as Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak
Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | The Uganda government has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Mubende District, Uganda. Through the ministry of health, the confirmed case is a 24-year-old male, a resident of Ngabano village of Madudu Sub County in Mubende District had EVD symptoms. He …
Read More »Kasese on high alert after ebola out-break in neighbouring DRC
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities and local leaders in Kasese district have cautioned residents, particularly those living closer to the border areas over the outbreak of Ebola in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Last week, the regional office for Africa of the World Health Organization-WHO, said …
Read More »Kasese intesifies Ebola screening at border points
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district has intensified Ebola screening along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. On Tuesday, the regional office for Africa of the World Health Organization-WHO, said one new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed in Beni Health Zone in the North Kivu Province …
Read More »Uganda intensifies border surveillance after Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has intensified surveillance on its western border following a reported Ebola case in the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior government official said Thursday. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, told Xinhua by telephone that they have also intensified …
Read More »DR Congo reports five Ebola cases, all dead, amid latest outbreak: WHO
Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the latest outbreak in the northwestern part of the country, said the DRC office of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. As of Saturday, five cases of Ebola virus disease, …
Read More »Fresh Ebola outbreak in DR Congo likely to spread to neighboring countries: WHO
Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The latest and ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is likely to spread to the neighboring Republic of the Congo, warned Friday the World Health Organization (WHO). The DRC declared the 14th Ebola outbreak in Mbandaka of the northwestern Equateur Province, …
Read More »DR Congo kicks off Ebola vaccination amid new outbreak
Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) kicked off Wednesday Ebola vaccination in Mbandaka, the capital city of the north-western Equateur Province, to halt the spread of the virus following an outbreak that has claimed two lives since April 21. Around 200 doses of the rVSV-ZEBOV …
Read More »DR Congo declares end of latest Ebola outbreak
Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially declared Thursday the end of the latest Ebola outbreak, the second outbreak in 2021, according to the DRC’s health authorities. In total, 11 cases — eight confirmed, three probable, including six deaths, were reported in the outbreak …
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